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Investing
today

‘Phantom liquidity’ spooks evergreen investors

Investors in evergreen funds apparently did not fully grasp what they were getting into when they…
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Josette Meyssonnier - Lise Roda
Sector
today

Soft skills take precedent in recruitment of young talent

Young people today are looking for a modern, balanced, purposeful, and flexible work environment…
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A refinery in the port of Antwerp. Photo: TotalEnergies.
Investing
today

Ten indicators that show where energy markets crack

Oil prices can swing by tens of dollars within hours, as happened this week amid the war surrounding…
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AssetCare - Archie Bumbieris
Expert Panel
today

AssetCare: the right (AI) tool for the right job

Finance is full of repetitive work, often done manually. Reconciliation, reporting, and various…
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Euro and dollar
Laws and Regulations
Yesterday

How Europe wants to protect itself from dollarization

With euro stablecoins and a digital euro, Europe wants to counter the looming dollarization of the…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
Yesterday

The price of war

Within one hundred hours, American and Israeli forces struck nearly 2.000 targets in Iran. Ayatollah…
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A lack of refining capacity in Europe puts oil products like diesel and kerosine under further upward pressure. Photo: Flickr.
Asset Allocation
March 9, 2026

Oil surge raises spectre of 1970s stagflation

Investors are increasingly focused on what the war with Iran could mean for the global economy. The…
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Juncker with US president Donald Trump at a G7 meeting in 2017. Photo: EU.
News
March 9, 2026

Juncker warns Europe could lose all seats in the G7

Former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker warned that Europe risks losing its…
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Gertjan Verdickt
Opinion
March 9, 2026

Noise in the factors

I recently came across an interesting study about the Fama-French factors, those widely used risk…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 9, 2026

Chart of the week: is this our umpteenth last chance?

Even before stock market trading in March had really gotten underway, we already knew this month…
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procenten
Asset Allocation
March 6, 2026

Fear of higher inflation dampens optimism around bonds

A large share of the bond markets currently offers yields that look attractive, above the magical…
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European flag in Strasbourg. Photo: Philippe Buissin, EU.
Expert Panel
March 6, 2026

Morningstar: Invesco vs Cartesio in EUR cautious allocation

Investors continue to shun EUR cautious allocation funds as fixed income regained popularity.
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New York Stock Exchange. Credit: David Vives / Unsplash
Investing
March 5, 2026

The end of US exceptionalism? Not quite.

For more than a century, it has been “very unwise” for investors to position themselves against the…
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Cathrine Foldberg Møller. Photo: DLA Piper.
Transfers
March 5, 2026

Transfers: DLA Piper, RBC Bluebay, HSFK, JP Morgan AM, Anthos, Blackrock

This week’s people update includes news from law firms DLA Piper and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer…
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